Groundworker (Sizewell C)

EDF; Sizewell; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

EDF is recruiting a Groundworker (Sizewell C) for Ballycommon on the Sizewell C Project. You will perform general groundworks, read site plans, and assist with plant operations in a high‑risk infrastructure environment.

The role requires relevant qualifications, strong safety awareness, and the right to work in the UK. You will contribute to meeting daily productivity, quality, and safety targets on a major nuclear project.

Qualifications

• Valid CSCS card required (Blue skilled worker preferred).
• CPCS/NPORS for plant duties (e.g., Dumper, Roller, 360).
• Proven groundworks background on large infrastructure or commercial sites.
• Right to work in the UK and safety-critical medical where applicable.
• Experience reading site plans and working to drawings.

Responsibilities

• Carry out general groundworks: trenching, ducting, drainage, concrete pours, kerb laying.
• Work to site drawings under supervision of site supervisors/engineers.
• Support plant operations: assist dumpers and 360 drivers, signals, slinging.
• Perform formwork, shuttering, and basic steel fixing as required.
• Set out levels; assist with laser and dumpy level measurements.
• Maintain safe practices on a regulated site and meet daily targets.
• Collaborate with teams to achieve productivity and safety goals.

Skills

CSCS card

CPCS/NPORS

Reading site plans

Groundworks experience

Right to work UK

Plant experience

Safety awareness

Job description

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Opportunity for a Groundworker (Sizewell C) working for Ballycommon on the Sizewell C Project,

Main Duties:

• All aspects of general groundworks including trenching, ducting, drainage, concrete pours, and kerb laying
• Working to site drawings and under instruction from site supervisors and engineers
• Supporting plant operations (e.g., assisting dumper and 360 drivers, slinging, and signaling)
• Formwork, shuttering, and basic steel fixing as required
• Setting out levels and assisting with laser and dumpy levels
• Ensuring safe working practices are maintained at all times on a regulated site
• Collaborating with teams to meet daily productivity and safety goals

Qualifications/Experience:

• Valid CSCS card (Blue skilled worker preferred)
• CPCS/NPORS for plant-related duties (if applicable - e.g. Dumper, Roller, 360)
• Manual handling and abrasive wheels tickets (advantageous)
• Safety-critical medical (or willingness to obtain)
• Right to work in the UK
• Full PPE (can be provided if needed)
• Proven background in general and civil groundworks on large infrastructure or commercial sites
• Experience with drainage systems, concrete works, and external works (kerbing, edging, surfacing)
• Working knowledge of health and safety in a high-risk environment
• Comfortable reading site plans and working from levels
• Previous work on major infrastructure or nuclear sites desirable
• SC or BPSS clearance (or willingness to undergo vetting)
• Confined space or working at height certification
• Multi-skilled (ability to assist with plant, formwork, or steel fixing)

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Why Join Us?

For more than 60 years, nuclear power stations in the UK have been quietly keeping Britain fuelled with massive amounts of home-grown energy.

Our teams up and down the country are proudly continuing to serve the nation – but they also have an eye on the future.

EDF is leading the UK's nuclear renaissance with the construction of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C and plans for a new power station at Sizewell C in Suffolk.

Nuclear power is the most reliable, low-carbon energy source currently available to the UK. EDF is playing a key role in the development of nuclear sites, while Hinkley Point C will provide low-carbon electricity to meet 7% of the UK demand. The project is already making a positive impact on the local and national economy as well as boosting skills and education.

We’re not just building new nuclear power stations. We’re developing careers, upskilling generations and creating thousands of employment and apprenticeship opportunities across a variety of skills areas.

It takes a special kind of person to work in the nuclear energy industry and although we have thousands of them there’s always a need for more.

Our industry has a mind-boggling range of opportunities and more jobs, and in more places, than you might think. But it’s also an industry which is changing.

We’re a responsible business and proud to be Britain’s biggest generator of zero carbon electricity. With size, age and experience, we believe we can do even more.